Exploring the Role of Service Mesh and Encryption in Kubernetes Clusters

The chapter discusses the origins and importance of service mesh in applications, detailing how encryption, TLS, monitoring, visibility, and tracing play crucial roles. It explains the observability provided by service mesh through encryption and authentication, emphasizing secure communication. The integration of sidecar proxies like Envoy in pods, management with control planes like Istio, and the complexities of using proxies in Kubernetes are also explored.